"The Fallen Chieftain" - First Part of the "Spirits Be With You" Quest Available

Horde players are starting to unlock "The Fallen Chieftain" questline, part of the Che li spiriti stiano con te achievement in Battle for Azeroth. The first part of this questline, which continues the story of Vol'jin, is available to players who complete L'ultimo sigillo and are Revered with Zandalari Empire. See varenne's comment for more unlock details.\r\r\r\rIn this questline, we retrieve the ashes of Vol'jin, bringing them to Atal'Dazar on Talanji's orders that they may rest with the remains of honorable Zandalari. However, Bwonsamdi has other plans for Voljin, but is quite shocked to discover the urn is empty!\r\rFirst, we need to help the Darkspear with the threat of Zalazane's spirit. We use the Glaive of Vol'jin to defeat Zalazane, who exclaims - \rWhat? Vol'jin... you could not have grown so strong without becoming... a...\r\rThe implication here is that Vol'jin has become a loa--very convenient as the Zanadalari have just lost Rezan, loa of Kings, and Rastakhan's deal with Bwonsamdi has ominous foreshadowing with the dark music and lighting.\r\r\r\rTalajni's later dialogue shows her respect for Vol'jin's choices to act with honor, standing against Zul and Garrosh. The final line, "It is a hard thing to do what your leaders will not," is a common sentiment shared by Horde player that are hesitant to follow Sylvanas but are unsure what to do.\rVol'jin made a deal wit' Bwonsamdi ta defeat da powerful Zalazane.\rAid us, Bwonsamdi! Help us regain our home! Return de Darkspear to de Isles, and hear your drums again! Drink your ritual offerings once more! Dis, as de Son of Sen'jin, I swear.\r\rWhen Zandalar tried ta unite da troll tribes, Vol'jin chose da safety of his people over da prophet's dark powers.\rAt de time, Zul's vision of a grand troll empire was very tempting to my father. I must commend your chieftain for seeing de bigger picture.\r\rWhen it be clear dat our warchief, Garrosh, be unwillin' ta lead wit' honor, Vol'jin led da rebellion ta depose da warmonger.\rIt is a hard thing to do what your leaders will not.\r\rWhen we take Vol'jins ashes to Bwonsamdi, things get interesting in Debiti di spirito:\r\rYa not leaving that here.\rOl' Vol'jin not be dancin' in my house. I not be seein' his spirit for a long time.\rIts absence has broken de bonds dat held Zalazane in my control.\rSo... I want you to lift dat heavy urn, and bring it to my necropolis.\rVol'jin and I gonna have a face to face on my ground.\r\rHowever...there is no face to face. Vol'jin's spirit has escaped!\r\rAy, Vol'jin? Come on outta dat urn. Wait... wait, wait... no! Where be da spirit?! Where be Vol'jin?\rNo! No! Impossible. Da boss ain't gonna like dis. Ol' Bwonsamdi not been losin' a spirit in... oh, dis be bad.\r\rTwo things stand out:\rWho is Bwonsamdi's boss? Previously we thought he just did what he wanted.\rWhy can't Bwonsamdi track Vol'jin? Has he become too powerful?\r\rLots of players were surprised that Vol'jin picked Sylvanas as his successor--but if the spirits of Bwonsamdi (or his mystery boss) were urging him to pick Sylvanas, the story falls more into place. This quest series takes care to show how Vol'jin entered into a deal with Bwonsamdi many years ago, so the loa could have influenced Vol'jin on his deathbed.\r\r\r\rWho do you think Bwonsamdi's boss is? He doesn't like G'huun for stealing the dead, so by that logic, he'd also be opposed to the Old Gods. Perhaps he could be serving the Lich King, who also views the Old Gods as enemies. Keep in mind Sylvanas has also hinted that her actions are for a larger purpose, one for a force greater than the Alliance or Horde.\r\rWe don't know what's in store for the second half of the achievement, but this cinematic is likely related:\r\r\rWe've also datamined some related dialogue, under the spoiler tag:\rTalanji:\tVol'jin, son of Sen'jin, hear de voices of your friends and family. Dey are wondering where you are. \rVol'jin: Loss...\rMaster Gadrin: I be hearin' him!\t\rTalanji:\tHush.\rVol'jin: Loss... Loss. So much loss. So many without guidance. So many without justice. Dere hope be taken by G'huun.\rTalanji: Vol'jin, can you hear us? Reveal yourself, spirit.\r\r\rSpirit of Vol'jin: Show dem, leader of Zandalar. Show da blade to those dat need to see it da most. Give dem peace.\rTalanji: Dis was not my achievement.\rVol'jin: Ya brought de champion to dese shores against ya father's will. Ya learned da secrets of G'huun when no one be listenin'.\rYa set in motion what be needed ta save ya people. Now, more than ever, dey be callin' for a leader dey can love and trust.\rShow dem da blade. Become da symbol dey need.\rTalanji: Behold de blood of G'huun. By his will were borne de deaths of Shadra, Hi'reek, Torga, and ...and Rezan.\rTalanji: By his will were borne de deaths of so many of our brothers and sisters.\rTalanji: Let dis glaive be displayed as a reminder dat no matter how far we fall, no matter how much we lose, we are Zandalari! We adapt, we find a way to survive!\rTalanji: If it were not for dis hero of de Horde, our losses would have been far worse. Dis proves, more than ever, dat it is time for us to adapt, to become part of de world again.\rTalanji: Zandalar forever!

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Commento di Decila

Talanji calling Rokhan "My dear"... could we be looking at a wedding to cement the Zandalari joining the Horde?

Commento di Wishblade

on 2018-08-18T10:05:27-05:00

Well this is definitely very interesting!\r\rLooking forward to playing it myself, and learning more in the future.

Commento di Sielinth

on 2018-08-18T10:10:07-05:00

huh never thought the troll storyline would be actually be intriguing

Commento di Arraya

on 2018-08-18T10:29:38-05:00

Sylvanas has also hinted that her actions are for a larger purpose, one for a force greater than the Alliance or Horde.\r\rSomehow I knew she would do it against either the old gods or void. They took the easy way out, I think.

Commento di perculia

on 2018-08-18T10:32:57-05:00

Sylvanas has also hinted that her actions are for a larger purpose, one for a force greater than the Alliance or Horde.

Somehow I knew she would do it against either the old gods or void. They took the easy way out, I think.

I personally think she'll want to kill everyone and turn them into undead. In A Good War, she says that forces beyond the Alliance, Horde, or Elune would care about, and object to her real purpose. Maybe later on her actions would have the inadvertent effect of helping a war against a sinister force, but I think she's furthering her own agenda now, not fighting a larger evil. Definitely an interesting story however it develops!

Commento di AlakeiThancan

on 2018-08-18T10:34:46-05:00

Bwonsamdi's boss is probably not the Lich King. First, he predates his very existence by a long shot. Second, he hates necromancers more than anything, and the lich king is the apotheosis of a necromancer.\r\rI'm thinking his boss is probably... Death. I mean, think about it, every possible cosmic power in Wow has a personification. The Light has the Naaru (arguably, Elune too), the Void has the old gods and the Void Lords, Arcane has the Titans, Nature has the wild gods (and I guess the Overgrowth in Draenor). Death doesn't have anything yet. And I'm guessing that's who Sylvanas is secretly working for. As well as good ol' LK.

Commento di Kananera

on 2018-08-18T10:35:42-05:00

Rewatching the Vol'jin cinematic made me realize he never promoted her warchief for her leadership capacity... What he saw probably didn't happened yet.\r Meh, maybe Sylvanas hide some good mojo we're unaware of ?

Commento di Arraya

on 2018-08-18T10:52:43-05:00

Sylvanas has also hinted that her actions are for a larger purpose, one for a force greater than the Alliance or Horde.\r\rSomehow I knew she would do it against either the old gods or void. They took the easy way out, I think.\r\rI personally think she'll want to kill everyone and turn them into undead. In A Good War, she says that forces beyond the Alliance, Horde, or Elune would care about, and object to her real purpose. Maybe later on her actions would have the inadvertent effect of helping a war against a sinister force, but I think she's furthering her own agenda now, not fighting a larger evil. Definitely an interesting story however it develops!\r\rExactly, Undead have been shown to be able to resist the mind powers of the Old Gods. Perphaps I\u2019m wrong, but the whispers to Alleria sounded really triggered. Maybe they tried manipulating Alleria to get rid of a threat before it became stronger against them.

Commento di Macamirunni

on 2018-08-18T11:01:09-05:00

I believe that Bwonsamdi's boss may be the lesser-known death loa, Mueh'zala.\r\rOdyn, while less likely, is still an option, seeing as how the Val'kyr -who are ruled over by Eyir, who listens to Odyn in turn- have a connection to the Shadowlands.

Commento di Arraya

on 2018-08-18T11:06:33-05:00

I believe that Bwonsamdi's boss may be the lesser-known death loa, Mueh'zala.\r\rOdyn, while less likely, is still an option, seeing as how the Val'kyr -who are ruled over by Eyir, who listens to Odyn in turn- have a connection to the Shadowlands.\r\rLets take it further! Maybe its an unknown entity who dwells in the Shadowlands. Maybe we\u2019ll be traveling there to fight it. Who knows if the areas there vary, so far we\u2019ve seen Helheim but I don\u2019t remember if it was located in the Shadowlands. Xal\u2019atath also mentions something along the lines of \u201cSo close to the truth, yet still so far.\u201d When going there I believe.

Commento di Casn

on 2018-08-18T11:25:14-05:00

And Alliance is just sitting there, already covered in their salt about mounts disparity in this expansion... But hey, at least we've got to comfort Anduin a little in Legion.

Commento di sniperorc

on 2018-08-18T11:26:37-05:00

Who do you think Bwonsamdi's boss is? He doesn't like G'huun for stealing the dead, so by that logic, he'd also be opposed to the Old Gods.The highlighted assertion is unsupported. Recent revelations make it clear that G'huun is different from the actual Old Gods. Bwonsamdi may be serving one of them and disdainful of the noveau upstart in Ul'dir.

Commento di Atticon

on 2018-08-18T11:40:11-05:00

uh, is it at all possible that that "boss" line is spoken by Bwonsamdi's priest, Hanzabu, and not by Bwonsamdi himself? That would make more sense to me.

Commento di Draccy

on 2018-08-18T11:45:44-05:00

If Bwonsamdi's boss isn't N'Zoth, then it'd be a Titan, right?

Commento di AlakeiThancan

on 2018-08-18T11:56:22-05:00

uh, is it at all possible that that "boss" line is spoken by Bwonsamdi's priest, Hanzabu, and not by Bwonsamdi himself? That would make more sense to me.\r\r.... Now that you say it..

Commento di nhozemphtekh

on 2018-08-18T12:00:03-05:00

Sylvanas has also hinted that her actions are for a larger purpose, one for a force greater than the Alliance or Horde.\r\rSomehow I knew she would do it against either the old gods or void. They took the easy way out, I think.\r\rI personally think she'll want to kill everyone and turn them into undead. In A Good War, she says that forces beyond the Alliance, Horde, or Elune would care about, and object to her real purpose. Maybe later on her actions would have the inadvertent effect of helping a war against a sinister force, but I think she's furthering her own agenda now, not fighting a larger evil. Definitely an interesting story however it develops!\r\rExactly, Undead have been shown to be able to resist the mind powers of the Old Gods. Perphaps I\u2019m wrong, but the whispers to Alleria sounded really triggered. Maybe they tried manipulating Alleria to get rid of a threat before it became stronger against them.\r\rThey can't resist, the undead who worked on ICC(which is made of saronite) went mad, No doubt some powerful undead can resist but most will not.

Commento di AlakeiThancan

on 2018-08-18T12:28:26-05:00

Sylvanas has also hinted that her actions are for a larger purpose, one for a force greater than the Alliance or Horde.\r\rSomehow I knew she would do it against either the old gods or void. They took the easy way out, I think.\r\rI personally think she'll want to kill everyone and turn them into undead. In A Good War, she says that forces beyond the Alliance, Horde, or Elune would care about, and object to her real purpose. Maybe later on her actions would have the inadvertent effect of helping a war against a sinister force, but I think she's furthering her own agenda now, not fighting a larger evil. Definitely an interesting story however it develops!\r\rExactly, Undead have been shown to be able to resist the mind powers of the Old Gods. Perphaps I\u2019m wrong, but the whispers to Alleria sounded really triggered. Maybe they tried manipulating Alleria to get rid of a threat before it became stronger against them.\r\rThey can't resist, the undead who worked on ICC(which is made of saronite) went mad, No doubt some powerful undead can resist but most will not.\r\rI'd like a quote or exemple of that, 'cause I sure don' t remember that. They're mad, sure, but not more than any Scourge member.

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Commento di Grundlesmoo

on 2018-08-18T13:17:01-05:00

Sylvanas has also hinted that her actions are for a larger purpose, one for a force greater than the Alliance or Horde.\r\rSomehow I knew she would do it against either the old gods or void. They took the easy way out, I think.\r\rI personally think she'll want to kill everyone and turn them into undead. In A Good War, she says that forces beyond the Alliance, Horde, or Elune would care about, and object to her real purpose. Maybe later on her actions would have the inadvertent effect of helping a war against a sinister force, but I think she's furthering her own agenda now, not fighting a larger evil. Definitely an interesting story however it develops!\r\rWe know that Bwonsamdi doesn't like the undead because he feels robbed, and we know that the void doesn't like the void - so Slyvanas is trying to make 'everyone' undead - to be able to fight off either?